The pastor of Bell Community Church broke down in tears and pointed heavenward as the not guilty verdicts were read.

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Outgoing schools adjudicator Ian Craig has said that by giving parents credit for Church activities such as bell ringing and church cleaning, some faith schools - though not specifically Church of England ones - were inadvertently "skewing" their intakes.

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"It is designed to be low, it isn't like a church bell... it's meant to be reflective, to be relatively quiet, " he said.

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One of the pieces - Wild Bells to a Wild Sky - will be created by the Central Council of Church Bell Ringers.

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Flick to the dark, church bell-filled Summer Son and you hear the Pet Shop Boys and Abba, or if you prefer a bit of 90s Motown, check out When We Are Together and Day After Day.

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The clock bell at the 15th Century All Saints Church in Wrington in Somerset had rung every 15 minutes for decades.

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Police officers escorted the hearse to the church, and stood outside as the bell tolled.

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During the storm, on 22 January, blocks of up to half a tonne smashed through the church's roof and lodged in the bell tower.

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But church leaders said they had to silence it completely because the bell's computer software could not be programmed locally to stop it chiming at night.

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The new bell, which has been cast in Loughborough, is being delivered to the church on 22 February and will be lifted into place the following Monday.

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